Improvement in soda-casks



I. N. HERRICK.

SODA-CASK. No.'174,075. Patented Feb. 29,1876.

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.witha stop-cock UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

IRA N. HERRIOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' IMPROVEMENT 'lN SODA-CASKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 74,075, datedFebruary 29, 1876; application filed .November 11, 1875.

sists in aport or pipe formed in the head of acask from thedischarge-pipe or faucet to staves, so as to communicate withthe'interior of the cask. A sleeve closed at its inner end, providedwith aport to com municatewith the said pipe, and provided with aninternal screw-thread, and also external screw-thread is tapped into thehead of the cask; and into this sleeve is turned a cock or faucet, whichis .provided with a port communicating with the port in the sleeve,suitable packing being used to make the connection gas-tight. The sleeveis provided with notches on its larger end for the convenience ofplacing a suitable wrench for putting the sleeve 'intoand turning it outof the head. The faucet is provided for drawing ofi' the contents of thecask, and its outer end is provided with a cap that can be removed forattaching a pump or extensioirpipe.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong, convenient, andportable soda cask or receptacle, which shall be capable of having itscontents discharged from the bottom by such means as will present theleast possible metal surface to effervescent liquids, and such fordrawing as may be used as permanent fixtures with the cask. V

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a cask providedwith my improvebeing turned on the end, as shown.

ments; Fig. 2, an enlarged view of the faucet removed from the cash;Fig. 3, a broken longitudinal section of the sleeve removed from thefaucet and cask.

B represents the staves, and A the head of the cask, which is made ofwood and very strong, and of such size as may be convenient for thetrade and for shipment H represents a port or pipe formed in the head A,and

made to extend from a point close to the stave to a sleeve, G, as shown.This sleeve is closed at its inner end, and is provided with a port, J,communicating with the pipe H, and provided with an internalscrew-thread to receive the faucet I D, which'is provided with a portcommunicating with the sleeve, and with a cock, 0 F, for drawing 0d theliquids. The hole in faucet I D extends longitudinally through it forthe convenience of attaching a pump or extension-pipe, a cap, E, to shutthe hole when such extensionpipe is not in use, The outer end of thesleeve is provided with notches O, to receive the wings of a wrench, N,for the purpose of removing it. In practice the casks are to be coatedwith shellac, to prevent the liquid from coming in contact with anyabsorbing substance.

I claim as new- I) I, as set forth.

IRA N. HERRIGK.

Witnesses G. L. GHAPIN, G. B. BoYcE.

The port or pipe H in the headof the cask, in combinationwit-h thesleeve G and faucet

